Jonathan Larson — American Composer born on February 04, 1960, died on January 25, 1996

Jonathan Larson was an American composer and playwright noted for exploring the social issues of multiculturalism, addiction, and homophobia in his work. Typical examples of his use of these themes are found in his works, Rent and tick, tick... BOOM! He received three posthumous Tony Awards and a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the rock musical Rent... (wikipedia)

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Forget regret, or life is yours to miss.
The opposite of war is not peace, it's creation.